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Gabapentin Can Improve Dystonia in Confirmed Wilson Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Margherita Lerose ,
Roberto Di Fabio ,
Mariano Serrao ,
Georgios Loudianos ,
Francesco Pierelli  and
Carlo Casali
Margherita Lerose
Affiliation:
Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
Roberto Di Fabio*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
Mariano Serrao
Affiliation:
Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
Georgios Loudianos
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
Francesco Pierelli
Affiliation:
USC, Cagliari, Italy, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
Carlo Casali
Affiliation:
Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy
*
Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica,79, 04100 — Latina, Italy. Email: rodifa@gmail.com.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , March 2014 , pp. 284 - 285
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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